The Post denies any inference that the monkey in the cartoon is intended to represent Obama, the artist alleges he was satirically commenting only on the quality of the Stimulus Bill, via the chimp-killing incident.

Despite the fact that monkeys/chimps/apes have long been used to demean African Americans, The Post and artist of the “cartoon” claim no such intent.

Conservatives note that during Bush’s two terms, many liberals compared him to a chimp and the “Curious George” monkey character, failing to mention the name “George,” which the two share or the fact that Bush being white would not draw a similar connotation.

I think that comparing clowns and a culture or class of people, asserting that “Most people hate clowns” and since there are no “clown advocacy groups…” it’s okay to kill them in public due if they fail to “perform well” is as egregious as this cartoonist linking a monkey to the recovery act, especially in light of historic stereotypes of blacks as monkeys, which gains added meaning since the man who signed the bill is half black.

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The cartoon is offensive. I do not believe that the cartoonist was trying to make an innocent comment. This cartoon stinks of racism. An example where freedom of press is taken too far.

I don’t believe the cartoonist didn’t mean for the chimp to be Obama. I think he knew this would get him lots of attention even if negative. I can’t see how this cartoon wasn’t being racist. I mean, really, how long has this guy been doing political cartoons? He can’t claim ignorance here.